America East Conference baseball awards


At the end of each regular season, the America East Conference names major award winners in baseball. Currently, it names a Coach, Pitcher, Player, and Rookie of the Year. With the exception of Rookie of the Year, which was added in 1996, the awards date to the 1990 season, the conference's first season of baseball. Through the 1996 season, the awards were known as the major awards of the North Atlantic Conference, the America East's former name.
Through the end of the 2019 season, Stony Brook has won 21 major awards, the most of any school in the conference. Maine has the second highest total, with 20. Three other schools have at least ten: Binghamton, Delaware, and Vermont.
In the conference's 25–year history, a single team has swept the awards six times. Three instances came before 1996 : Central Connecticut in 1990 and Delaware in 1992 and 1995. Since 1996, Stony Brook swept the awards in 2011 and 2012, and Hartford did so in 2018.

Coach of the Year

The conference's Coach of the Year award is presented annually to its most outstanding baseball coach, as chosen by a vote of the conference's coaches at the end of the regular season. The award was first presented in 1990 and was known as the North Atlantic Conference Coach of the Year award through the 1996 season, after which the conference adopted its current name.
In 2014, Stony Brook's Matt Senk won the award for the third time, after the Seawolves went 33–16 in the regular season and won the America East's regular season title. Senk won four awards in five years from 2011 to 2015. 2014 was the sixth consecutive season in which the award was presented to the coach whose team won the conference's regular season title.
Binghamton head coach Tim Sinicki has won the most Coach of the Year awards, with six.
Maine is the only school to have multiple coaches win the award. Paul Kostacopoulos won it in 1997 and 2001, and Steve Trimper won it in 2013.

Winners by season

The following is a table of the award's winners in each season since it was inaugurated in 1990. The table also includes the winner's school, conference record and rank in the standings, and overall record.
SeasonCoachSchoolConf. Overall
1990George RedmanCentral Connecticut9–5 25–14
1991Neil McPheeNortheastern12–3 35–15
1992Bob HannahDelaware14–13 28–21
1993Dave BettencourtNew Hampshire15–10 23–20
1994Neil McPhee Northeastern18–6 35–16
1995Bob Hannah Delaware19–3 45–14
1996Bob Hannah Delaware19–5 44–12
1997Paul KostacopoulosMaine16–8 24–27
1998Bob Hannah Delaware22–2 43–10
1999Mike GottliebTowson20–7 33–19
2000Bob Hannah Delaware19–5 37–20
2001Paul Kostacopoulos Maine20–8 36–15
2002Bill CurrierVermont14–8 27–22
2003Bill Currier Vermont17–5 32–14
2004Jon MuellerAlbany14–7 37–14
2005Tim SinickiBinghamton12–8 23–26
2006Bill Currier Vermont16–8 19–32
2007Tim Sinicki Binghamton17–5 28–19
2008John JancuskaUMBC13–11 21–29
2009Tim Sinicki Binghamton13–7 30–22
2010Tim Sinicki Binghamton21–3 31–20
2011Matt SenkStony Brook22–2 42–12
2012Matt Senk Stony Brook21–3 52–15
2013Steve TrimperMaine20–9 37–22
2014Matt Senk Stony Brook18–5 35–18
2015Matt Senk Stony Brook18–4–1 35–16–1
2016Tim Sinicki Binghamton19–5 30–25
2017Tim Sinicki Binghamton15–4 30–13
2018Justin BloodHartford16–8 26–31
2019Jon Mueller Albany14–9 28–21

Winners by school

The following is a table of the schools whose coaches have won the award, along with the year each school joined the conference, the number of times it has won the award, and the years in which it has done so.
School AwardsSeasons
Binghamton 62005, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2016, 2017
Delaware 51992, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2000
Stony Brook 42011, 2012, 2014, 2015
Maine 31997, 2001, 2013
Vermont 32002, 2003, 2006
Northeastern 21991, 1994
Albany 22004, 2019
Central Connecticut 11990
Hartford 12018
New Hampshire 11993
Towson 11999
UMBC 12008

Pitcher of the Year

The conference's Pitcher of the Year award is given annually to the best pitcher in the America East, as chosen by a vote of the conference's coaches at the end of the regular season. The award was first presented in 1990 and was known as the North Atlantic Conference Pitcher of the Year award through the 1996 season, after which the conference adopted its current name.
Hartford pitcher Sean Newcomb won the award in 2014. Newcomb went 8–2 with a 1.25 ERA on the year. He was the first Hawk to receive the award and was selected in the first round of the 2014 MLB Draft by the Los Angeles Angels. Newcomb became the first pitcher in the America East to be selected in the first round.
Stony Brook's Nick Tropeano is the only pitcher to win the award twice. He won the award in both 2010 and 2011.
Four of the award's winners – Maine's Larry Thomas, Northeastern's Adam Ottavino, Stony Brook's Nick Tropeano, and Hartford's Sean Newcomb – have gone on to pitch in the MLB.

Winners by season

The following is a table of the award's winners in each season since it was inaugurated in 1990.
SeasonPitcherSchool
1990David AdamCentral Connecticut
1991Larry ThomasMaine
1992Jason PiersonDelaware
1993Mark BallardMaine
1994Jeremy BensonDelaware
1995Jamie WilsonDelaware
1996Justin RomanoHofstra
1997Garrett QuinnMaine
1998Matt PhillipsDelaware
1999Greg MontalbanoNortheastern
2000Rich McGuireDelaware
2001Rusty TuckerMaine
2002Mike MacDonaldMaine
2003Jamie MerchantVermont
2004Jordan ThomsonNortheastern
2005Adam OttavinoNortheastern
2006Zach GrohBinghamton
2007Gary NovakowskiStony Brook
2008Joe SerafinVermont
2009Murphy SmithBinghamton
2010James Giulietti
Nick Tropeano		Binghamton
Stony Brook
2011Nick TropeanoStony Brook
2012Tyler JohnsonStony Brook
2013Tommy LawrenceMaine
2014Sean NewcombHartford
2015Conrad WozniakUMBC
2016Mike BunalBinghamton
2017Nick GallagherBinghamton
2018Nicholas DombkoskiHartford
2019Ben AndersonBinghamton

Winners by school

The following is a table of the schools whose pitchers have won the award, along with the year each school joined the conference, the number of times it has won the award, and the years in which it has done so.
School AwardsSeasons
Maine 61991, 1993, 1997, 2001, 2002, 2013
Binghamton 62006, 2009, 2010, 2016, 2017, 2019
Delaware 51992, 1994, 1995, 1998, 2000
Stony Brook 42007, 2010, 2011, 2012
Northeastern 31999, 2004, 2005
Hartford 22014, 2018
Vermont 22003, 2008
UMBC 12015
Central Connecticut 11990
Hofstra 11996

Player of the Year

The conference's Len Harlow Player of the Year award is given annually to the best pitcher in the America East, as chosen by a vote of the conference's coaches at the end of the regular season. The award was first presented in 1990 and was known as the North Atlantic Conference Player of the Year award through the 1996 season, after which the conference adopted its current name. It is named for Len Harlow, who worked in athletic communications for Maine and the conference.
In 2012, Stony Brook outfielder Travis Jankowski became the first America East Player of the Year award winner to be drafted in the first round of the MLB Draft, and the second America East player overall after Northeastern's Carlos Peña.
Delaware's Kevin Mench is the only player to win the award twice. He did so in 1998 and 1999.
Five recipients – Maine's Mark Sweeney, Delaware's Cliff Brumbaugh, Mench, Vermont's Matt Duffy, and Stony Brook's Travis Jankowski – have appeared in the MLB.

Winners by season

The following is a table of the award's winners in each season since it was inaugurated in 1990.
SeasonPitcherSchoolRef
1990Mike SciortinoCentral Connecticut
1991Mark SweeneyMaine
1992Brian WallaceDelaware
1993Chad WhiteMaine
1994Derek GauthierNortheastern
1995Cliff BrumbaughDelaware-
1996James VallilloTowson-
1997Brian AugustDelaware-
1998Kevin MenchDelaware-
1999Kevin MenchDelaware-
2000Andrew SalvoDelaware-
2001Gregg DaviesTowson-
2002Jeff BarryVermont-
2003Bobby TewksburyVermont-
2004Dan SchoonmakerAlbany-
2005Mathieu BergeronBinghamton-
2006Kyle BraultVermont-
2007Brendon HitchcockBinghamton-
2008Curt SmithMaine-
2009Matt DuffyVermont-
2010Corey TaylorBinghamton-
2011Willie CarmonaStony Brook-
2012Travis JankowskiStony Brook-
2013Michael FransosoMaine-
2014Kevin KrauseStony Brook
2015Jack ParentyStony Brook
2016David MacKinnonHartford
2017Toby HandleyStony Brook
2018Nick Campana Sr.Hartford
2019Nick GrandeStony Brook

Winners by school

The following is a table of the schools whose players have won the award, along with the year each school joined the conference, the number of times it has won the award, and the years in which it has done so.
School AwardsSeasons
Delaware 61992, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000
Stony Brook 62011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2019
Maine 41991, 1993, 2008, 2013
Vermont 42002, 2003, 2006, 2009
Binghamton 32005, 2007, 2010
Hartford 22016, 2018
Towson 21996, 2001
Albany 12004
Central Connecticut 11990
Northeastern 11994

Rookie of the Year

The conference's Rookie of the Year award is given annually to the best freshman in the America East, as chosen by a vote of the conference's coaches at the end of the regular season. The award was added in 1996.
In 2014, Stony Brook closer Cameron Stone won the award. In the regular season, he had a 1.48 ERA and eight saves. He was the fifth consecutive Seawolf to win the award.
Two of the award's recipients – Delaware's Kevin Mench and Binghamton's Scott Diamond – later played in the MLB.

Winners by season

The following is a table of the award's winners in each season since it was inaugurated in 1990. The table also includes the winner's school, conference record and rank in the standings, and overall record.
SeasonPitcherSchool
1996Lou MarchettiDrexel
1997Kevin MenchDelaware
1998Bruce BoehmDrexel
1999Mike RossMaine
2000Joe DrapeauMaine
2001Mike CollarMaine
2002Jon LewisStony Brook
2003Greg NortonMaine
2004Miguel MagrassVermont
2005Scott DiamondBinghamton
2006Kevin McAvoyMaine
2007Myckie LugbauerMaine
2008Peter BregartnerBinghamton
2009David CiocchiBinghamton
2010Willie CarmonaStony Brook
2011Brandon McNittStony Brook
2012Cole PeragineStony Brook
2013Jack ParentyStony Brook
2014Cameron StoneStony Brook
2015Justin CourtneyMaine
2016Bret ClarkeStony Brook
2017Christian TorresUMBC
2018Nicholas DombkoskiHartford
2019Thomas BabalisBinghamton

Winners by school

The following is a table of the schools whose players have won the award, along with the year each school joined the conference, the number of times it has won the award, and the years in which it has done so.
School AwardsSeasons
Maine 71999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2015
Stony Brook 72002, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016
Binghamton 42005, 2008, 2009, 2019
Drexel 21996, 1998
Delaware 11997
Hartford 12018
UMBC 12017
Vermont 12004